The Indian-born entrepreneur and author who made a name for herself in the tech hotbed of Silicon Valley will speak Thursday at a Commonwealth Club event in Santa Clara. During the workshop, the 40-year-old will touch on her global project One Million by One Million, Capitalism 2.0 and the challenges India faces.What is your project One Million by One Million?
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As the director of marketing and event operations for HireLive — a national job recruiting company operating in sales, management and retail — Lombard talks about the Sept. 21 San Francisco job fair. For info, visit www.HireLive.com.
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As the director of marketing and event operations for HireLive — a national job recruiting company operating in sales, management and retail — Lombard talks about the Sept. 21 San Francisco job fair. For info, visit HireLive.com.
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The partner at the San Francisco firm Keker and Van Nest was recently elected the 87th president of the State Bar after nearly a 30-year law career.Can you tell us a bit about the election process?
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Chelsea Anna YoungThe second-year medical student at UC San Francisco was one of about 40 people this year who received grants from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure for all kids with cancer. Only 24, Young’s eight-week summer project focuses on battling leukemia cells. She hopes for a career in pediatrics.
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Tanner launched Get It Mobile’s consumer site last month after a lengthy career in technology. With mobile-app overload, Tanner hopes his latest foray will make it easy for consumers to get an app via email, a brand’s website, Facebook and all other avenues.What do you hope to get out of Get It? We’re trying to build the easiest way for people to get mature apps ... period. We’re completely focused on mobile. ... We’re here to make it easy for people to get to the app. We’re all about getting and sharing apps.
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The co-director of Hayes Valley Farm since 2009, Rosenberg’s garden project is one of two San Francisco farms currently in the running for a cash grant in the DeLoach Vineyards Garden to Table campaign, which will award a total of $20,000 to five community gardens across the country. Nearby Alemany Farm also is in the running. To vote, visit www.deloachcommunitygardens.com.
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The owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office in San Francisco has spent the past eight years providing resources to adults who monitor the health of their elderly parents. In collaboration with Humana Points of Caregiving, Home Instead launched a senior emergency kit after one of its patients was hospitalized for confusing his medication.
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Camille Verboort, the director of the San Francisco-based Three-Minute Picture Show, since 2002 has dedicated her time to giving aspiring filmmakers that push to make short movies. The nonprofit will hold its mock Oscar San Francisco screenings Aug. 27. For more information, check out threeminutepictureshow.com.
What’s the overall goal of the Three-Minute Picture Show? We serve as a catalyst for creative inspiration. So our goal is to encourage people to dedicate 30 days to a creative project. In this case, it’s a three-minute film.
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The newly appointed coordinator of the LGBT Senior Peer Counseling Program at Peninsula Family Services in San Mateo County is expanding the free program geared toward helping adults 55 and above. Visit www.peninsulafamilyservice.org for more info.
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Chris Amundsen is the executive director of the American Craft Council, which is celebrating its 70th birthday Aug. 12 to Aug. 14 at Fort Mason. The ACC is dedicated to preserving the history of American craft while promoting artists. For more info on the fair, visit www.craftcouncil.org/sf.What is the American Craft Council all about?
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In late May, 35-year-old Kyle Ingham launched The Distilled Man, a San Francisco startup that offers classes that teach various “man skills” that are being forgotten by current generations. The Distilled Man offers four courses: grilling, poker, wine and guitar. For more info, visit www.thedistilledman.com.
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Jamie de Guerre, the chief technology officer of San Francisco-based Cloudmark, has been leading his Internet-savvy troops in a fight against spam, phishing and viruses. Cloudmark currently protects 1.6 billion subscribers from having their emails hacked.What is Cloudmark’s main purpose? Cloudmark essentially provides security products to large carriers and operators. Our overall goal is ridding the world or protecting users from any kind of malicious-messaging traffic that might be spam, viruses or frauds ... like phishing.
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Bob Blanchard, the owner of the San Francisco plumbing shop Mr. Rooter, is educating kids that toys shouldn’t be flushed. Mr. Rooter recently launched a Facebook game to help. Check it out at www.facebook.com/mrrootercorporation.What are you guys trying to teach kids with this game? We’re trying to raise awareness for what toys are really meant to be used for.
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Warren Strudwick is being honored Aug. 13 with an Angel Award by the Take Wings Foundation, a nonprofit working with at-risk youth to improve their social and life skills. The foundation was founded in 1997 by award-winning actress Terri J. Vaughn, who grew up in Hunters Point.How did you react when you found out you were an Angel Award winner?I thought it was kind of humbling and surprising. I’m on a personal journey to try to do as much as I can to help people ... especially young people. It’s just a big, humbling surprise.
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